Roderick Scott shares a hug with a supporter after he was acquitted in the death of Christopher Cervini.

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Roderick A. Scott was acquitted this evening of first-degree manslaughter in the shooting of a Greece teenager.

State Supreme Court jurors found that Scott was acting in self-defense when he shot 17-year-old Christopher D. Cervini twice after Scott confronted Cervini and two other teenagers who were rummaging through unlocked cars on Baneberry Way at 3:30 a.m. on April 4.

Scott, 42, testified that he shot Cervini with his legally permitted .40-caliber pistol when Cervini ran down a driveway and shouted at him after he ordered Cervini at gunpoint to freeze until police arrived. ...